Urban Awareness Gardens Indianapolis

01/17/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/Xy2aWoTJvnUvfGx2/?mibextid=WC7FNe

10/16/2023

Cool!

Plant propagation is a fascinating journey for garden enthusiasts, and there's always room for innovation in the world of gardening. One inventive and unconventional method gaining attention is propagating fig trees using oranges. It's a unique twist on the traditional air layering technique, which....

06/25/2023

Guys — you outta find a way to buy some of this CHEESE!!!

04/02/2023

Things you save by doing this:
Bees
Worms
Biosphere
Biological Diversity
Water
Money
Time

Things you reduce:
Pollution
Petroleum Use
Chemicals on your lawn
HOAs control of your life 😂

02/17/2023

Who else hates finding your strawberries have molded before you could get to them??

Here are some practical tips to help you get the most out of your fresh produce!!

And when in doubt, do an internet search and research it!

02/16/2023

👨🏽‍🌾Supporting local farmers is a political movement: when we support local farmers we are voting with our dollars and effectively defunding the “too big to fail” corporations who are using their influence to write laws that benefit them and create the revolving door between their businesses and the government agencies designed to protect us from them.

In the end it’s all about strengthening our local community. Getting to know your local farmers and supporting them financially strengthens the local food system.

🐖❤️ Learning that your local growers raise food with integrity means you don’t have to ask yourself questions about the quality of your food. In a world where our food system is too big to fail it makes more and more sense to fortify these local relationships.

02/14/2023

3 Ways To Shop More Sustainably At The GROCERY STORE!

We do not need individual perfection, we need collective action.

1- Buy LESS PLASTIC!
2- buy SEASONAL 🍊
3- buy WHOLE

Yes, this means putting some forethought into your meals. You’ll have to plan ahead and meal prep a little but you’ll save money in the long run and simultaneously help the planet a little more every time!

02/11/2023

T-3(ish) days to V-Day ❤️…

02/02/2023

Both terms stem from a desire to protect the Earth and nature but ultimately it is sustainability that considers how development will affect the 3 Ps.

👧🏽👦🏼People (Social Benefits/well-being)
🌏Planet (Environmental Health/Natural Resources)
💵Profit (Economic vitality)

People (corporations) will use these terms interchangeably but while a final product may be green, if the manufacturing, production process, and transportation requires a lot of energy (i.e. fossil fuels which are not a renewable resource) then it cannot be considered sustainable.

It is even debatable whether or not it is sustainable to buy a new car that might be “greener” than an old car because of the amount of energy and resources it takes to produce the new car. It is a very tricky situation we are in and it is important to do research before making decisions on purchases.

01/24/2023

🚢 While the globalization of food has allowed the human species to survive and to an extent, thrive, and it is true that we probably would not see the advancements of society we have today without it, it is unrealistic and in fact irresponsible to think that we can rely on this one system alone.

❌It is unrealistic to believe that we can sustain this way of life forever.
🧑🏻‍🌾We must cultivate and encourage local food first. Relying on imported foods should be secondary to us…

I am grateful for all of our technological advancements since the industrial revolution. Our ability to grow more food than we can consume is truly unprecedented.

Unfortunately our progress is misguided in many ways. We are using nature as a tool without understanding our place in nature. We do not yet understand the delicate balance that allows for our species to thrive on our planet, and we thrive at the expense of ecosystems we rely on.

We must embrace nature as essential to our survival and tread lightly on the slippery slopes of our progress as custodians of our beautiful home. We are eminently lucky to be a part of the balance of life on this planet and if we are not cautious we might not survive here as the waves crash over the vestiges of our civilization. Without us nature will eventually reclaim its balance of our pastures. Vines will eventually pull down the powerlines and cover the glass and metal structures we hold dear.

Sustainability entails maintaining the balance of our ecosystems and respecting the soil that grows the food that sustains us.

Thanks for reading. IF YOU GOT THIS FAR, leave a 💚 in the comments!

I’m confident we can successfully navigate our growth and learn to be custodians of our planet.

And if you still feel the status quo is acceptable lets go fishing and eat some fish from the White River.

The STATUS QUO MUST GO!

01/10/2023

Did you know that some of our industrial farming practices remove nutrients from the soil without replacing them?

I know someone who purchased a farm that was used for chemically driven agriculture for so long that nothing would grow there until ridiculous amounts of inputs were added.

Perhaps the farmer was going through economic hardship and cannot afford the expense of inputs that need to be brought back into the soil for growing crops regeneratively.

However, with proper animal rotation, the manure goes along way to regenerating the soil.

Sadly, much of what we eat in this country creates a deficit for future generations harming the soil and waterways, and reducing the quality of what we are eating, this reducing our quality of life.

Let’s work with nature to use natural animal processes to create more soil and sequester carbon, reducing our need for corporate influence of our food systems.

Food is freedom.

01/04/2023

It’s 2023 and I have some things to say that have been weighing heavy on my heart and soul. I would really appreciate your input.

Farming is a noble profession. When done correctly one becomes a custodian of our planet. These custodians are the farmers that I wish to support.

Farming can be destructive. Many pesticides and chemicals have been linked to terrible consequences for human, animal, fish, water and soil health.

My story with farming was a gradual realization that I wanted the best quality and best tasting food for my body. It turned into a healthy addiction that fueled my desire to learn more and helped me realize the planet needs more of us to farm WITH nature, to be a part OF nature, and not to try to USE natural processes for profit.

The overall current industrial farming practices focus on profit, not on our fragile ecosystems and are robbing future generations of healthy soil by “mining” nutrients from the soil and not replacing them. These nutrients leave the soil in the food, through erosion by wind and air exacerbated by these practices.

We need to use our technological advancements to heal the soil, heal our streams, rivers, lakes and oceans from this mess we are continuing to create. It’s not getting better.

One of my latest catchphrases is:

THE STATUS QUO MUST GO

Those who disagree and wish to continue on our current trajectory I encourage to come down to the White River for a swim. Then we should go fishing and do some campfire cooking.

It’ll be FUN.

In case you didn’t know… the White River is not safe for either of these activities like MANY waterways worldwide. Even fish from our Great Lakes are not recommended for consumption more than once a month.

This enrages me.

How do you feel about this problem we seem to be ignoring? Are we aware of this problem and complacent or are we ignorant?

Thanks for reading and participating in the conversation.

11/15/2022

Hey everyone! Please follow my professional page which is just below! I’ve reached my limit on my personal page and I want you to stay connected to help us build the community needed to heal the planet!
_____

https://www.facebook.com/reel/815492003051833?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

08/18/2022

Hey, everyone! This is a reminder to follow my professional page, I have reached the limit for my personal page and I am trying to grow my professional page to spread the word of regenerative agriculture!

My latest post/reel is close to 10,000 views!

https://www.facebook.com/100067908169712/posts/402369592036643/?d=n

•

07/27/2022

So much fun on Monday!

We did chanterelles and sweet corn tartines!

My Dad's Sweet Corn Life Style Live George Mallet Randy Ollis Carmel Farmers Markets Broad Ripple Farmers Market Randall Newsome Amber Hankins jasonmichaelthomas Edible Indy Jason Michael Thomas Rebecca Graves Pottery

07/07/2022

Ikson • Blue sky

06/02/2022

Book your dinners before all the summer dates are gone!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeUX6WTuARW/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

05/12/2022

Mapa • Travelling Mood

05/09/2022

Ella Fitzgerald • It's A Lovely Day Today (feat. Paul Weston & His Orchestra)

05/03/2022

Abe Lagrimas, Jr. • Mahana

05/01/2022

Sunday Morning Vibes!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CdBznCRONOt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Tundra Beats • Feel Good

03/13/2022

Watch it now and discover more trending videos on TikTok!

03/08/2022

The latest reel! Check our progress and follow on IG.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ca2WSp1ubMh/?utm_medium=copy_link

02/28/2022

Always a great time with the LSL crew! After the show it was wine:30. Post show pics in my stories!

We got a little fancy with Chef Jason Michael Thomas in the "Life.Style.Live!" kitchen today as he demonstrated how to make Boeuf Bourguignon. This is a classic French dish you may recognize if you're a fan of Julia Child.

02/16/2022

Valentine’s Day Dinner — 7 courses

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaBrilKOhj4/?utm_medium=copy_link

02/01/2022

Super fun show today with !!! Scroll on through the photos!

-photography

01/31/2022

Here are links to today’s live television segments!

Today, Jason Michael Thomas of Urban AG Indy joined us to prepare a Maitake Mushroom Vegetable Soup and sauteéd Lion's Mane Mushrooms with a Butter Sauce. We should eat more mushrooms to have better health, and maitakes are helpful in our battles against diabetes, hypertension,

01/31/2022

Always a great time with Amber Hankins Randy Ollis George Mallet and Randall Newsome on Life Style Live !!!

20 Likes, 0 Comments - on Instagram: “Live on Wish-TV street with all my friends at Lifestyle Live! Doing my pulled pork recipe and…”

01/30/2022

Puerto Rico. It was my second time in as many years to go and spend time with friends new and old. This is how I feel in Puerto Rico. Pretty much the whole time.

Hoping I will soon start a new chapter of my life between here and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico needs farmers, and I hope to start a business there doing exactly what I do now, supporting the local farmers and economy in a way no other business can.

And yes, amazing foraging!

01/27/2022

PILLOW FIGHT!!!

…
…